Wan Shihe stood in place, stunned.

Immediately, he had to leave the cabinet lonely, and immediately resigned after returning home.

The next day, Zhu Yijun approved his resignation.

There is no shortage of people in the Ming Dynasty who want to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Therefore, Wan Shihe's departure is not a big deal.

It's just that after Wan Shihe resigned and returned to his hometown, his grandson Wanchang said: "Father, my grandson already knows about your resignation, and also knows that you are angry with Jiangling, and you said that you will wait to be dismissed from office and speak for the people, so you have not been retained by the Son of Heaven." In this case, do you want your grandson to immediately contact the local gentry and students, listen to you talk about the government and criticize him Zhang Jiangling? ”

"What kind of politics are you discussing?!"

Wan Shihe said angrily and said:

"He Zhang Puzhou is reluctant to give up even the position of a cabinet minister for the gentry and students of the world, do you really want the family of Wanjia to become a common family for the gentry and students of the world?"

"Are you too easy to take the entrance exam, or is it too easy for us to enter and exit the Ten Thousand Families?"

"Now your eldest father and I are just resigning, and there is still a scholar's official body. If you are dismissed as a commoner, what will you do to take care of your family property? ”

"Will the other gentry not take the opportunity to take my property in the future because your eldest father speaks for them?"

After hearing this, Wan Changqi had to sneer: "Grandson is just asking." ”

"He Zhang Jiangling is very powerful, and he knows how to clean up the gentry and students in the world!"

"And your eldest father and I just said that, but I didn't plan to do it, and I didn't need to!"

Wan Shihe said: "As long as Your Majesty becomes pro-government in the future, everything will change back, it's okay not to speak first, it's better than not having an official body, it's related to preferential treatment!" ”

Like Wan Shihe, the gentry of the Ming Dynasty were not so tough, and after the holy decree required them not to discuss politics, most of the gentry and students took the initiative to choose to shut up, and did not choose to really abandon their official bodies and fame, but to continue to discuss state affairs.

As a result, the voices of the people criticizing the further opening of the sea and the voices of criticizing the Qingzhang acres have decreased sharply.

A few months later, Zhu Yijun also learned that the implementation of the holy decree prohibiting the gentry and students from discussing politics was good, and many gentry and students did not dare to discuss politics anymore.

But Zhu Yijun also knew that most of the gentry were so obedient because they were waiting for themselves as emperors to grow up.

These people believed that Zhang Juzheng, who was taking advantage of his young age and arbitrary power, to implement the new policy would not last long, and would be abolished sooner or later, so they did not choose to fight fiercely.

"It is not difficult to suppress the gentry and the students."

"The difficult thing is when the powerful bureaucrats, the gentry, and the students all stand together, and even when the common people stand together against the new policy."

"What I'm most worried about now is that the clans, nobles, relatives, eunuchs and generals who were also affected by the Qingzhang fields and acres also united with the gentry because they were dissatisfied with the new policies of the Qingzhang and other countries, what should I do?"

"However, the generals are temporarily given enough food and salary by the imperial court, and the main generals such as Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang check and balance each other."

"In addition, Qi Jiguang, the commander from the southern military system, although he has the largest and strongest troops in the north, he is incompatible with other generals in the nine sides of the north, so there is no need to worry that the generals will directly coerce the military households and the people to rebel because of Qingzhang."

"As for the clan, it has long been rooted. The same is true for Xungui, and his relatives are even more shallow! The eunuch didn't dare to go against his emperor now, after all, Feng Bao's Yin Jian was not far away, not to mention that the ministers were nothing without their own emperor. ”

"But I'm afraid that the combination of these three will affect the empress dowager of the two palaces, and then collude with some bureaucrats and gentry who are still unwilling to give up, and unite with the empress dowager of the two palaces, so that the empress dowager of the two palaces will rely on the natural advantages of Confucian filial piety to force me to depose Zhang Juzheng in advance, reappoint new auxiliary ministers, and abolish the new policy."

Imperial.

Zhu Yijun was secretly pondering in his heart while walking on the green path.

The Ming Dynasty, which suddenly quieted down, made him always feel that there would be greater movements.

Now, all this is calm because the volcano has not yet erupted fire.

It is now the end of the third year of Wanli.

Qingzhang Tianmu has been going on for almost a year in Qingzhang, which is directly affiliated in the north and south.

The day of the nationwide full-scale cleanup is also getting closer and closer.

Moreover, many nobles, relatives, and even the great eunuchs and gentry of the inner court have been cleared a lot, and it stands to reason that they can't bear it.

You must know that the Zhuang Tian of the nobles, foreign relatives and even the inner court and the gentry is the most concentrated in the north and south.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun has no reason to ignore the dissatisfaction of Xungui, relatives, and the inner court, especially Xungui and relatives.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun was also worried about whether these people would be unable to stand Qingzhang, and began to unite with the Queen Mother to force himself, the emperor, to be reversed.

You must know that in history, the biggest obstacle to Qingzhang's fields and acres is from the clan, nobles, relatives and Neiju, so that the Qingzhang presided over by Zhang Juzheng in history was only basically completed in the whole country, but in fact, it was not completely completed in places such as the north and south Zhili.

Zhu Yijun is more curious about how Zhang Juzheng will deal with it and whether he will compromise? And choose only to clear the fields of the gentry and the wealthy people, so how can this convince the public?

Could it be that the nobles of the clan who really occupy the majority of the clan dare not move?

What if you, the emperor, support it?

"Emperor!"

And at this moment, Zhang Hong suddenly appeared and ran towards him.

Seeing this, Zhu Yijun asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhang Hong handed over a letter and said: "Yushi Zhu Nanyong impeached Wu Qingbo for using inferior cotton when supplying the fat jackets made by the border army, causing many sergeants to suffer frostbite!" ”

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun felt a thunderbolt in his ears.

"In the end, it's here, I'll just say how can Xungui's relatives not be involved."

However, Zhu Yijun only said this.

And Zhang Whale said from the side at this time: "Emperor, this imperial history is ill-intentioned, nominally not afraid of the powerful, and directly impeached Wu Qingbo, but in fact, it must be to see if Mr. Yuanfu Zhang dares to deal with Wu Qingbo according to the law!" ”

"If Mr. Yuanfu Zhang is dealt with according to the law, it will naturally make the emperor and the queen mother dissatisfied with Mr. Yuanfu Zhang."

"If the net is opened, it will naturally make Mr. Yuanfu Zhang show a horse foot that he does not dare to do anything to the real magnates, and they will use the relationship between Wu Qingbo is the emperor's grandfather and instigate Wu Qingbo to resist the new policy together, such as forcing the emperor and the queen mother to put pressure on Mr. Yuanfu Zhang."

"It's really a poisonous ploy!"

"After all, it's my grandfather's own nonsense!"

Zhu Yijun said a word, and then asked Zhang Hong: "Where is grandpa now?" ”

Zhang Hong replied: "At the Queen Mother's place." ”

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun walked to the Empress Dowager Li.

Since Zhu Yijun implemented the double system for the people around the Empress Dowager Li, the people around the Empress Dowager Li have basically become his eyeliner.

At this time, as soon as Zhu Yijun came, the palace maid waiting outside the palace beside Empress Dowager Li came and said: "Emperor, the mother is angry with Wu Qingbo now, you better not go." ”

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun said: "Don't let people report it, I will quietly go over and listen." ”

"Yes!"

So, Zhu Yijun walked to the inner and outer rooms of the hall, stood behind the beams and pillars and listened.

At this time, Wu Qingbo was complaining to Empress Dowager Li: "Niangniang, what do you say Zhang Jiangling and Zhao Neijiang want to do!" They arrested the slaves of the ministers and confiscated the army, not to mention, but also forced the ministers to hand over a number of hidden fields in the name of Qingzhang, in addition, they also cleared your farmland, and seized the head of the village arranged by the minister for you. Now he has instructed people to impeach the ministers, and he has to punish the crimes of the ministers, and he doesn't take the emperor's grandfather in his eyes at all, nor does he take you in his eyes! ”

Although Wu Qingbo is the father of the Empress Dowager Li, he has to use the honorific title of a courtier facing the Empress Dowager in the title.